https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:54:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://twiar.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-twiarlogo512px-32x32.jpg https://twiar.net 32 32 https://twiar.net/2026/02/11/via-hackaday-skimming-satellites-on-the-edge-of-the-atmosphere/ https://twiar.net/2026/02/11/via-hackaday-skimming-satellites-on-the-edge-of-the-atmosphere/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:51:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=39122 There’s little about building spacecraft that anyone would call simple. But there’s at least one...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/02/11/via-hackaday-skimming-satellites-on-the-edge-of-the-atmosphere/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/11/16/via-amsat-ans-320-amsat-news-service-bulletins/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 06:39:28 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37282 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/09/20/via-hackaday-a-new-generation-of-spacecraft-head-to-the-iss/ Sat, 20 Sep 2025 13:11:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35673 While many in the industry were at first skeptical of NASA’s goal to put resupply...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/09/13/via-amsat-ans-257-amsat-news-service-bulletins/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 02:33:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35554 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/08/09/via-amsat-ans-222-amsat-news-service-bulletins/ Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:15:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34573 In this edition: * NASA Curtails CSLI Program – GOLF Launches Cut * 2025 AMSAT...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/12/21/via-amsat-ans-357-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ https://twiar.net/2024/12/21/via-amsat-ans-357-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/#comments Sun, 22 Dec 2024 03:25:34 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26744 In this edition: * Taiwan’s PARUS-T1A Launch Failed * NASA Astronauts Face More Time In...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/12/21/via-amsat-ans-357-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/12/09/via-amateur-radio-daily-wooden-cubesat-to-launch-from-iss-today/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:39:16 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26329 LingoSat, a CubeSat constructed mainly of wood, will launch from the ISS today. Initial opportunities...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/12/08/via-amsat-ans-343-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 08 Dec 2024 06:05:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26260 AMSAT News Service ANS-343 December 8, 2024 In this edition: AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Featured in YouTube...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/08/31/via-amsat-ans-245-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 01:58:46 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23120 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/13/via-amsat-ans-105-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 02:36:42 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20749 In this edition: * NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from ISS * 2024 AMSAT/TAPR...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/10/3-cubesats-will-be-deployed-from-kibo-on-thursday-april-11-2024/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 02:44:35 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20680 On April 11, 2024, the following 3 CubeSats will be deployed from the Japanese Experiment...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/09/via-amsat-ans-070-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ https://twiar.net/2024/03/09/via-amsat-ans-070-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2024 03:26:03 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20180 In this edition: * SpaceX’s Transporter-10 Successfully Launches Over Fifty Satellites * Vostochny Spaceport Sends...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/09/via-amsat-ans-070-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/02/03/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1301/ https://twiar.net/2024/02/03/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1301/#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2024 04:50:04 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19556 Release Date: January 27, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/03/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1301/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/02/02/via-the-arrl-the-first-amateur-radio-station-on-the-moon-js1ymg-is-now-transmitting/ Sat, 03 Feb 2024 04:50:34 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19529 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully landed their Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/09/23/via-amsat-ans-267-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 24 Sep 2023 01:13:11 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17662 In this edition: * 2023 AMSAT Symposium Keynote Speakers Announced * 41st Annual AMSAT Space...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/09/03/via-amsat-ans-246-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ https://twiar.net/2023/09/03/via-amsat-ans-246-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/#comments Sun, 03 Sep 2023 12:01:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17341 In this edition: * Astronaut Hams Complete ISS Crew Transition * AMSAT SA Space Symposium...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/09/03/via-amsat-ans-246-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/11/19/via-amsat-ans-324-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins-for-nov-20/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 01:44:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13201 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT,...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/07/11/via-southgate-surya-satellite-1-expected-to-launch-october/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 04:25:47 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=10005 Indonesia’s ORARI reports Surya Satellite-1, which has an APRS digipeater, is is being shipped to...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/12/11/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1189/ Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:18:18 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6656 Release Date: December 11, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/12/09/via-the-arrl-worlds-smallest-moon-lander-from-japan-will-put-ham-radio-transmitter-on-the-moon/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 23:23:16 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6582 Japan’s OMOTENASHI, the world’s smallest moon lander, will have an X-band and UHF communication system, although...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/10/09/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1180/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 02:11:06 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=5524 Release Date: October 9, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/10/09/via-the-arrl-delayed-jaxa-epsilon-launch-set-for-october-7/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 02:02:35 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=5452 NOTE: Launch was scrubbed just before liftoff due to “ground station malfunction”: The launch of...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/01/12/via-the-arrl-mauritius-to-launch-its-first-cubesat-in-2021/ Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:37:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=2087 The Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius plans to launch MIR-SAT1 (Mauritius Imagery and Radio...]]>